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Communist China's Policy of Oppression in East Turkestan

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ism with their two hands," <strong>in</strong> order to "reform themselves," to be "born<br />

once aga<strong>in</strong>," to become "new men." Slave laborers <strong>in</strong> "Laogai" brigades<br />

not only work hard under <strong>in</strong>humane conditions merely to purge their<br />

crimes but also to "expiate for their s<strong>in</strong>s." The Ch<strong>in</strong>ese penal system<br />

has a very peculiar vocabulary: nearly every <strong>in</strong>humane term<strong>in</strong>ology<br />

has a human correlation. One is never "punished," one "undergoes reform."<br />

Prisons are <strong>of</strong>ten called "schools" where one serves time by<br />

"study<strong>in</strong>g and learn<strong>in</strong>g" and "reform<strong>in</strong>g oneself." A prisoner never<br />

gets beaten, he is "given a lesson." He never gets <strong>in</strong>sulted, he just gets<br />

"criticized." And the jail<br />

authorities lose no time<br />

to let you know that "criticism<br />

is pro<strong>of</strong> that the<br />

government is concerned<br />

about you. Without criticism<br />

there can be no<br />

progress!" Informers are<br />

those who help the gov-<br />

news report headed 'Work and be<br />

A<br />

silent' <strong>in</strong> the French magaz<strong>in</strong>e Le<br />

Courrier International revealed<br />

the full details <strong>of</strong> the repressive<br />

nature <strong>of</strong> the camps. The report<br />

spoke <strong>of</strong> m<strong>in</strong>ors under age 18<br />

be<strong>in</strong>g forced to work without pay<br />

and locked <strong>in</strong> cells like stables at<br />

night. The article described how<br />

the Guangdong camps <strong>in</strong> particular<br />

were no better than the concentration<br />

camps <strong>of</strong> World War II,<br />

and concluded: "It is a truly terrible<br />

situation. These people are <strong>in</strong><br />

an awful position <strong>in</strong> which it is<br />

difficult even to survive…"<br />

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

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